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Nixon & Bull on Presidential mementos

Tuesday, July 6, 1971 · 10:00 AM–10:31 AM ET · Oval Office · 38 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation538-010 on Tape 538 (tape position 01:10:22–01:11:00)StartTuesday, July 6, 1971 at 10:00 AMEndTuesday, July 6, 1971 at 10:31 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 538-010 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417178449 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to review administrative preparations for upcoming meetings and the logistics of presenting presidential mementos to guests. The discussion centered on managing the presentation of gifts and coordinating the scheduling of materials for visitors. Nixon and Bull finalized these arrangements to ensure that appropriate tokens were ready for distribution during his scheduled appointments.

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NARA Description

On July 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:31 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 538-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 538-010

Date: July 6, 1971
Time: Unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:31 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man [Stephen B. Bull?]

     The President’s schedule
          -Presidential mementos for meeting participants

The unknown man [Bull?] left at an unknown time before 10:31 am

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They're ready to read the slide again.
I think you're bringing it up.
Why don't we give them, this is the one that would be appropriate to cover, this is the complex, and this really is something we're here to watch, and holding the complex.
We don't have that.
We'll see you in 25.
Oh, that's fine.
Yeah, that's fine.
Yeah.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 538-010, July 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417178449). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/538-010 (accessed November 2, 2026).